Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-3751-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-3751-2011
Research article
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20 Dec 2011
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2011

Estimating the benefits of single value and probability forecasting for flood warning

J. S. Verkade and M. G. F. Werner

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Subject: Hydrometeorology | Techniques and Approaches: Uncertainty analysis
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